Chazz 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2003 I remember The long running WCW Saturday Night Program was cancelled In April 2000. Does anybody recall exactly why It was? The Program, (especially the last few years), never set The Wrestling World on fire, but It always drew decent ratings. Just curious as to why TBS pulled It at the time. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest One Trick Pony Report post Posted November 22, 2003 Well it used to be WCW's secondary show after Nitro then they acquired Thunder and cancelled The Pro and Main Event. Eventually Saturday Night gained a new theme and was moved to the morning where it became a recap show then it got cancelled. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest drdrainoscott Report post Posted November 22, 2003 Maybe it got cancelled once they realized they were airing a show called "WCW Saturday Night" in the morning... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Boo_Bradley Report post Posted November 22, 2003 Hacksaw Jim Duggan vs Fidel Castro = Ratings There are a few gems from the C Level Shows in WCW. Craig Pittman vs Vk Wallstreet was a very good, mat style wrestling match, for instance. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted November 22, 2003 Elix Skipper and Johnny Swinger pretty much wrestled *** matches every week and lest us not forget that classic Regal/Duggan match where it MIGHT the only recorded time those two didn't suck in the ring. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tony149 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2003 Maybe it got cancelled once they realized they were airing a show called "WCW Saturday Night" in the morning... They changed the name of the show to "WCW Saturday Morning" before it got cancelled. Why they pulled it I don't know, but it was probably due to ratings; I believe towards the end the show was doing .6s and rarely hit 1.0 or better. Which is sad because for many years it was the mothership, as Dusty Rhodes would put it. And they never gave the show a send off (video package highlighting its history, etc), they just ended it like they'd be back next week. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Choken One Report post Posted November 22, 2003 kinda like TNN and ECW did or WWE and USA? At least TNT gave Nitro a proper farewell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth N Asia 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2003 They were just putting on shit matches near the end. You couldn't get a ** match out of that show for anything. And they had "feuds" going with people who weren't under contract or no one had heard of Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Boo_Bradley Report post Posted November 22, 2003 They tried making a woman's cruiserwt belt and seeing nameless scrawny japanese woman wrestle each other didn't do it for most people Though NWO Saturday night was quite good Nash on commentary...black and white...insider comments....horrid matches Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steviekick 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2003 They tried making a woman's cruiserwt belt and seeing nameless scrawny japanese woman wrestle each other didn't do it for most people LMAO...I remember that. Terrible stuff. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MillenniumMan831 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2003 Anyone remember the 10-Man Battle Royal on WCW Pro in 1995? It was a week or two before WW3. Disco Inferno won it by eliminating the State Patrol. Other guys included Mark Starr, Frankie Lancaster, Dave Sullivan, Cobra, Nasty Ned, and the Barrio Brothers. I was actually intrigued to see who would win because they were all such jobbers, and SOMEONE had to get a victory. Dusty predicted Nasty Ned. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Brocklock 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2003 Anyone remember the 10-Man Battle Royal on WCW Pro in 1995? It was a week or two before WW3. Disco Inferno won it by eliminating the State Patrol. Other guys included Mark Starr, Frankie Lancaster, Dave Sullivan, Cobra, Nasty Ned, and the Barrio Brothers. I was actually intrigued to see who would win because they were all such jobbers, and SOMEONE had to get a victory. Dusty predicted Nasty Ned. Who the hell is Nasty Ned? Was he in Disorderly Conduct? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MillenniumMan831 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2003 No, he was just a sloppy looking jobber. Balding, old, goatee, a bit of a beer belly, black tank top, average size . . . boy he was nasty! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
razazteca 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2003 Though NWO Saturday night was quite good Nash on commentary...black and white...insider comments....horrid matches Nick Patrick as the masked ref! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2003 Who's bashing late-era Saturday Night? Down with you. August 99 to March 2000 was like the best period for that show since the Nitro era. To clarify its bitter end, it kept the two-hour wrestling format until the Russo Restart, when it languished as a two-hour recap show for a few months before going head-to-head against Livewire (say it with me now: OOOOOOOOH!!!) as WCW Saturday Morning for about a month until they said "see you next week" and it was not Scott Hudson we would see, but Andy Griffith. Sigh. I'd like to list some luminaries of WCW Saturday Night, the unsung heroes of World Championship Wrestling for me, who appeared when I faithfully watched WCWSN from 1996 until its demise under Vince Russo. Whether they graduated from WCWSN or made themselves mainstays, they were fixtures at some point, and great fixtures they were. Here we go: Roadblock Blitzkrieg Disco Inferno's "Leg-Hold" period The Gambler. Yes. The Gambler. (DDTDigest humor) Disorderly Conduct High Voltage Power Company The Extreme Bobby Eaton Lazertron nWo Saturday Night (taped before Nitro in the empty arena, taped in black and white with Syxx on camera and nWo guys on commentary; was really a great idea in keeping the nWo entity separate by having them need to acquire their own time) Maxx Alex Wright Lord Steven Regal and his 10-minute TV title draws Hacksaw Jim Duggan Juventud Guerrera Psychosis Barry Darsow Hardwork Bobby Walker Hardbody Harrison (Nobody has yet proven they are not the same roided-up black man) Villanos IV and V. As Mike Tenay would tell you, Villanos I, II, and III are exclusive to Mexico. The Texas Hangmen Ice Train Jim Powers Chris Jericho with that sappy music and reclining into the fans next to the aisle going "Yeaaaaaaah!" Primetime Elix Skipper Shark Boy Fidel Sierra Squire David Taylor Chris Adams Fit Finlay Johnny Attitude Johnny Swinger Mona Lenny Lane (Dusty: LENNALAYYYYYYYNE!!!!!) Angry Allen Funk The Dog The Faces of Fear Lash LeRoux and so many more... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth N Asia 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2003 Hardwork Bobby Walker There's a name I never wanted to see/hear again Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2003 Hardwork Bobby Walker There's a name I never wanted to see/hear again What did Hardwork Bobby Walker ever do to YOU? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Youth N Asia 0 Report post Posted November 22, 2003 Hardwork Bobby Walker There's a name I never wanted to see/hear again What did Hardwork Bobby Walker ever do to YOU? Put on matches at a Nathan Jones level. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted November 23, 2003 He also indirectly elevated Booker T. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Tony149 0 Report post Posted November 23, 2003 ...until its demise under Vince Russo. Just wondering, how is WCW SN Russo's fault? Yeah, he did a lot of things wrong, but his job was to work his "magic" with Nitro & Thunder, not SN. Jimmy Hart was the one booking SN at the end, and only Jeff Jarrett was the one with any "star power" willing to work the show. But he too stopped doing it once R&B came back. To this day I think WCW should of used SN as the second show insted of creating Thunder. I know most people are out Saturday, but I wonder how SN would of done under a business booming WCW with top angles on the show. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gert T 0 Report post Posted November 23, 2003 It even seemed (to me at least), that the importance of WCWSN kind of died once Nitro came around. Might just be me though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kahran Ramsus 0 Report post Posted November 23, 2003 Russo was the one that wanted to make it a recap show ala Livewire. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steviekick 0 Report post Posted November 23, 2003 It even seemed (to me at least), that the importance of WCWSN kind of died once Nitro came around. Might just be me though. Same here. It wasn't the mothership anymore. It became the B show overnight. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted November 23, 2003 ...until its demise under Vince Russo. Just wondering, how is WCW SN Russo's fault? Yeah, he did a lot of things wrong, but his job was to work his "magic" with Nitro & Thunder, not SN. Jimmy Hart was the one booking SN at the end, and only Jeff Jarrett was the one with any "star power" willing to work the show. But he too stopped doing it once R&B came back. I thought I went over this. Jimmy Hart's booking at "the end" was not the company's end, he had the show from the summer of 1999 until March 2000. Jimmy, not happy with how WCWSN was being unused with Nitro and Thunder on during the week, was basically given carte blanche by WCW and TBS to take the Power Plant guys and independent workers and build a "promotion within a promotion," eef you weeeeel, even with its own separate championship. By and large, the primary (weeknight) roster and the WCWSN rarely crossed paths, and no effort at continuity with Nitro and Thunder was ever made. There was never any intention of "star power" on the show. Hart's idea was to use WCWSN as a farm system for the rest of WCW, giving rookie and unestablished workers real experience with storylines, feuds, and characters, rather than just throwing them out there to job to Goldberg. The booking of late-era SN was very much Memphis, to be expected. When Russo came in the first time, he wanted Saturday Night's semi-autonomous form done away with, but Jimmy Hart and other WCW agents were able to keep the Mothership on life support through Russo's first tenure. Kevin Sullivan's short regime kept WCWSN around as well. When Russo came back the second time, now with more power than previously, he proposed that WCWSN go all-recap, and this time WCW obliged. With even lower ratings under Russo's proposed format, instead of reverting to the micro-fed, (presumably because the set had been destroyed) Saturday Night was shifted to Saturday Morning where it was essentially taken out back and shot. So yes, the fall of WCWSN is to be blamed on Vince Russo, whereas its brief renaissance can be attributed to the Mouth of the South, Jimmy Hart. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Richard 0 Report post Posted November 23, 2003 So when were the worldwide exclusive matches taped? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MillenniumMan831 0 Report post Posted November 23, 2003 Mostly Thunder/Sat Night tapings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest One Trick Pony Report post Posted November 23, 2003 WCW Saturday Night/ "Morning" never went head to head with Livewire. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest JohnnySwift Report post Posted November 23, 2003 Hah, Roadblock...his mom used to work as a lunchlady at my elementary school. He came in one day and all the kids who watched wrestling were all crowding around him and I was like "who?" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Czech Republic 0 Report post Posted November 24, 2003 Hah, Roadblock...his mom used to work as a lunchlady at my elementary school. He came in one day and all the kids who watched wrestling were all crowding around him and I was like "who?" I feel that Roadblock never got his fair shake. The Dead End was a pretty cool finisher. (Moonsault from the apron assisted by the top rope.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest One Trick Pony Report post Posted November 24, 2003 TheMikeSC believes that Roadblock is a myth and I made him up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
